Bottle-opener.



I F. W. BEARD;

BOTTLE OPENER. urmoumn 11.31) 00124, 1912.

1? ;1 06,862. Patented Aug.11,1914. I

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permanently carried by the FERDINAND W. BEARD, or; rounr'vnztn,CALIFORNIA.

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of California, have invented new and useful ImprovementsinBottle-Openers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has special relation to the class of bottle opening devicesand more particularly to an opening device which is bottle cap.

It will be realized that serious inconvenience is caused by theinability to open ordinary beer bottles and the like in many instances,the person being without an opener.

It is my object to provide a simple, durable, yet efiicient devicewhichis normally carried upon the cap of the bottle whereby the operatormay remove the latter therefrom whenever occasion requires. a v

With the above and other objects in view,

my invention relates to such details of con stru'ction and in thearrangement and com-- bination of the several parts as Will behereinafter fully described and specifically pointed out in the appendedclaims.

In describing my invention in detail, ref

erence will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like charactersdenote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and inwhich Figure 1 is a side elevation of the top of the neck of the bottleshowing my invention in connection with the cap thereof. F in: 2 is aside elevation of the modified form of opener, and Fig. 3 is stillanother modified form of opener.

In the accompanying drawings wherein is illustrated the preferred formofmy invention, the numeral 10 designates the fragmentary portion of thebottle neck upon the upper extremity of which is situated an ordinarycrimpcd top 11. While I have illustrated this form of top in connectionwith myinvntion, it is apparent that the latter can be employed inconnection with other naled therethrough a pintlc forms as Well and thatits operation is not efi'ected materially if a substitution should beused.

Jn the preferred form of my invention, a cap is provided with a lug 12having its nn der face disposed substantially horizontal as shown at 13,this being forthe purpose that will be hereinafter set forth. A pair ofcars 14 are carried by the cap which have jour- 15, the latterSpecification of Letters Patent. Application filed October 4, 1912.

Patented Aug. 'ilil, ilt'til li Serial No. 723,938.

supporting an arm 16- which normally lies substantially parallel withthe neck. When the cap is to he removed from the bottle, the arm isdrawn into position shown in dotted linesso that it engages theunderface of the latter and when pressure is applied to the outer extremitythereof, the cap will be slowly but surely unseated.

It will apparent that the provision of my invention upon the cap doesnot afiect the'cost of the same materially and that it is very simplein. construction whereby itcan be manufactured separately at a minimumcost.

In Fig. 2 I have illustrated another form of opening device whichconsists of an" arm 17 havmg an. intermediate portion thereof curved toform rods 18 at substantially right angles thereto, and pivoted upon,the ca through the medium of a pintle 19 acting in cooperation with ears20. When the arm is moved into position shown in dotted lines, theinnermost of the rods 18 will engage sides of the cap whereby whenpressure is applied tothe arm, the cap willbe unseat/ed.

This form is also very simple and in operatlon works very eihciently. v

Fig. 3 discloses another form of my invention which is in the form of asubstantially L shaped arm 21 pivoted upon the cap through the medium ofa pintle 22 and cars 23, the forward extremity 24- in the arm en-'gaging side of the cap so that theaperture may force the latter over theside. This iform appears to be it is apparent that while it ischaracterized by the elements of simplicity, its operatibn is performedin an efficient manner.

I desire to lay thegreatest of stress upon the simplicity of each partof my invention and it is thought that the advantages and novel featuresof the same will be readily ednced from the foregoing description.

I'desire it to be understood. that I may make slight changes in theconstruction and in the arrangement and. combination of the severalparts, provided,' however, such changes fall within the scope of the;subjoined claims.

Having thus fully What I claim as new Letters Patent, is

1. in a crown bottles,' a crown cap, a lever pivoted to said cap andhaving a stop portion for engagement with thclcap to limit movement ofthe described my invention, and desire to secure by thesimplest of alland' cap removing device for lever upon stress applied thereto in anupward direction with respect to the bottle, for removing said cap,substantially as described. 4

2. In a crown cap removing device for bottles a cap structure and alever structure ly mounted on the cap structure, one of said structureshaving a stop limiting movement of the lever structure in an upwarddirection for lifting the cap ofi from the bottle, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a crown cap-removing device for bottles, a crown cap having aflange overhanging the mouth of the bottle, a lever 'pivoted to theoverhanging flange and provided 15 with a stop portion for engagementagainst the over anging flange of the cap to limit movement of the leverupon stress applied thereto in an upward direction with respect to thebottle to lift the cap 011' from the 20 latter, substantially asdescribed.

FERDINAND W. BEARD.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH EGKERT, E. D. HAMP'roN.

